Portland Gold Medal

The Portland Gold Medal is a prestigious rose award given annually by the Portland Rose Society, to honor new rose cultivars for their exceptional performance in the Pacific Northwest.[1] It is the oldest national rose award in the United States.[2]

History

The Portland Rose Society began as an informal rose society in 1888, organized by Georgiana Pittock, wife of the first Oregonian publisher, Henry Pittock. The first rose competition was held in Pittock's garden. She had been inspired to form the gardening club after a holiday in England, where she toured rose gardens and attended a rose show. The next year, Pittock turned her backyard rose competition into a fundraiser for her church. She added a judging tent to her garden and charged admission to the event. This annual event would later include a city parade, where local gardeners would strip their gardens of all but competition roses to decorate cars, horses, floats and wagons. From these early beginnings, the Portland Rose Festival was born. The group officially established the Portland Rose Society as a formal gardening organization in 1907, and established the annual tradition of a judged, flower competition.[3] It is the oldest and largest rose society in the United States.[4]

Portland Gold Medal winners

This is a partial list of Portland Gold Medal winners.

Award YearCultivarMarketing NameHybridizerCountryCultivar GroupColorImage
1951'Chrysler Imperial'LammertsUnited StatesHybrid TeaRed[5]
1954'Queen Elizabeth'LammertsUnited StatesGrandifloraPink[6]
1954'Tiffany'LindquistUnited StatesHybrid TeaPink blend[7]
1955'Spartan'BoernerUnited StatesGrandifloraOrange blend[8]
1961'Royal Highness'MoreyUnited StatesFloribundaPink[9]
1962JOHnago' Chicago Peace'JohnstonUnited StatesHybrid teaPink blend[10]
1966MEIdaud'Miss All-American Beauty'MeillandFranceHybrid teaBright pink[11]
1966TANellisFragrant Cloud'TantauGermanyHybrid teaOrange blend[12]
1967'Bewitched'LammertsUnited StatesHybrid teaCandy pink[13]
1967'Pascali'LensBelgiumHybrid teaWhite blend[14]
1970'Europeana'de Ruiter InnovationsBelgiumFloribundaRed[15]
1973'Electron'McGredy IVNorthern IrelandHybrid teaMedium pink[16]
1975MACha'Handel'McGredy IVNorthern IrelandModern climber Pink blend[17]
1977JACven'Evening Star'WarrinerUnited StatesFloribundaWhite[18]
1978JAColite'Honor'WarrinerUnited StatesHybrid teaWhite[19]
1980JACtwin'Love'WarrinerUnited StatesGrandifloraRed blend[20]
1985MACauk'Olympiad'WarrinerUnited StatesHybrid teaDark red[21]
1986JACjem'Sun Flare'WarrinerUnited StatesFloribundaYellow[22]
1990MACrexy'Sexy Rexy'McGredy IVNew ZealandFloribundaMedium pink[23]
1993'Sally Holmes'HolmesGreat BritainShrub roseWhite blend[24]
1996MACgenev'New Zealand'McGredy IVNew ZealandGrandifloraLight pink[25]
1997HARwelcome'Livin' Easy'HarknessGreat BritainFloribundaOrange-apricot[26]
2001WEKplapic'Betty Boop'CarruthUnited StatesFloribundaRed & white[27]
2001FRYxotic'Sunset Celebration'FryerGreat BritainFloribundaApricot blend[28]
2002WEKcryplag'Blueberry Hill'CarruthUnited StatesFloribundaMauve blend[29]
2003RADrazz'Knock Out'RadlerUnited StatesShrub roseRed blend[30]
2006WEKsunspat'Marilyn Monroe'CarruthUnited StatesHybrid teaApricot blend[31]
2008WEKvossutono'Julia Child'CarruthUnited StatesFloribundaYellow[32]
2009WEKisoblip'Wild Blue Yonder'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraMauve blend[33]
2010WEKbepmey'Strike It Rich'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraOrange-Yellow[34]
2011WEKosupalz'About Face'CarruthUnited StatesGrandifloraOrange blend[35]
2013ORAclelon'Over the Moon'OrardFranceHybrid teaApricot blend[36]
2014WEKmemolo'Sugar Moon'BedardUnited StatesHybrid teaWhite blend[37]
2017KORaruli'Sunny Sky'KordesGermanyHybrid teaYellow blend[38]
2018WEKsirjuci'Happy Go Lucky'BedardUnited StatesFloribundaYellow[39]
2018WEKgobafa'Good as Gold'CarruthUnited StatesHybrid teaOrange blend[40]
2019KORsteflali'Wedding Bells'KordesGermanyHybrid teaMedium pink[41]
2019JACgemze'Crescendo'ZaryUnited StatesHybrid teaPink blend[42]

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See also

Notes
  1. "The International Test Garden in Washington Park" (PDF). Portland Parks and Recreation. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. "Portland Gold Medal Award Winners". Portland Rose Society. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  3. Wilson 2014, pp. 52—54.
  4. Swindler, Samantha. "Royal Rosarians find, and award, the best rose gardens in Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  5. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 123.
  6. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 328.
  7. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 398.
  8. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 376.
  9. "Rosa 'Royal Highness'". National Gardening Association Plants Database. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  10. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 263.
  11. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 247.
  12. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 130.
  13. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 59.
  14. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 297.
  15. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 142.
  16. "Rosa 'Electron'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  17. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 183.
  18. "Rosa 'Evening Star'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  19. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 194.
  20. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 239.
  21. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 290.
  22. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 382.
  23. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 362.
  24. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 353.
  25. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 284.
  26. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 148.
  27. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 58.
  28. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 415.
  29. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 66.
  30. Quest-Ritson 2011, p. 219.
  31. "Rosa 'Marilyn Monroe'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  32. "rosa 'Julia Child'". National Gardening Assoc. Plants database. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  33. "rosa 'Wild Blue Yonder'". National Gardening Assoc. Plants database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  34. "Portland Gold Medal Winners". Portland Rose Society. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  35. "rosa 'About Face'". National Gardening Association's Plants database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  36. "'Over the Moon' rose". Help me find roses, clematis, peonies. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  37. "Rosa 'Sugar Moon'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  38. "Sunny Sky rose". Help me find roses, clematis and peonies. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  39. "Rosa 'Happy Go Lucky'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  40. "Orange blend". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  41. "Rosa 'Wedding Bells'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  42. "Rosa 'Crescendo'". National Gardening Association. Retrieved 18 August 2019.

References
  • Quest-Ritson, Brigid; Quest-Ritson, Charles (2011). Encyclopedia of Roses. DK; Reprint edition (August 29, 2011). ISBN 978-0756688684.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link),
  • Wilson, Janet L. (2014). The Queen of Portland's Roses: The Life of Georgiana Burton Pittock. Lake Oswego, Oregon: Panoply Press. ISBN 978-1882877447.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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